As soon as Dan and Sommer walked through the door of this timeless beauty, they were immediately charmed. It wasn’t the high-elevation home with mountain views they were originally looking for, but this old neo-classical in town left them convinced of the memories they'd make there with their young family, and they knew they had found their new home.

Julia is the founder and editor of À la Mode Montréal, a blog about décor, fashion, trends, travel and day-to-day life. Since the beginning of 2014, À la Mode Montréal has its own online store that offers a selection of beautiful handmade objects by international designers.

We shared some of the great Halloween decor ideas we spotted in the home of Jennifer Perkins (crafter, business lady and really rad mom) earlier this month. As promised, we're back with a bigger tour so you can see how all those great decor ideas fit in with Jennifer's colorful everyday style. And though having a dynamically decorated home is a year-round affair for this fun family, Halloween is a special time of year because Jennifer is known for her huge family-friendly annual Halloween party.

The home that Esther and Brendan share (along with her brother Timothy) is colorful, vibrant and full of energy. Esther works as an editor for Racked, is an avid surfer and rides horses, and she and husband Brendan are often out together with their two (adorable) cattle dogs.

A friend of mine in New York heard I had been doing home tours in Atlanta, and immediately said I needed to check out Janice and Jacob's place. When I was welcomed into their home to see for myself, I was instantly transported into a time of childhood wonderment and fanciful nostalgia.

Kai Avent-deLeon (pronounced Kai-E) is no stranger to the homes that have put her Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood on the historical record of architecture and design. She was born and raised here, and the brownstone that her apartment is in, which she shares with her boyfriend Dan, has been in her family for nearly half a century.

I've admired Mariana's work since around 2007 when her creative images started to appear in my "Flickr" stream (the choice of pre-Instagram hep-cats in the olden days). Soon after, m2matiz was born, incorporating graphic, creative and photographic arts into take-home pieces to love. Mariana and Mark's home, often a muse, often changing, and always evolving, is the kind of place you just want to hang for a while, and so for a while, I did.

This cottage — home to Kelly, who runs jewellery business Cabbage White England from her studio, husband Ed, their two children and Herbie the border terrier — is a fresh and vibrant take on a traditional English country home.

Dan and Alan have been enjoying this modern and airy two-story home for about seven years. With ample room for entertaining, an indoor/outdoor shower combo and an outdoor gym, they have everything they could need under (and outside of) one roof. Together, they founded Cromatti, a modern furniture design company, which started soon after they custom designed their first piece of furniture for their own home— the family-sized kitchen table.

When these two idea-makers were preparing to move in together, their main mission was to find a space that could accommodate two home offices in an atmosphere that would inspire their work. Countless viewings of windowless basement dens & crowded corner set-ups helped this gorgeous loft-style apartment stand out among the misfits. Upon entering writer Chelsey Burnside & filmmaker Cainan Querido’s gorgeous Little Italy home, one would never guess that they have only been living here for 4 months!